Election Day 2016 updates: Trump defeats Clinton to become next president of U.S.
Nov. 9, 2016, 5:16 p.m.
The U.S. elected its 45th president on Nov. 8.
See all of our maps: State-by-state results and the California races...

Election Day 2016 updates: Trump defeats Clinton to become next president of U.S.
Nov. 9, 2016, 5:16 p.m.
The U.S. elected its 45th president on Nov. 8.
See all of our maps: State-by-state results and the California races...

The most brutal and bizarre presidential campaign in modern memory careened to a close Monday with its two main protagonists, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, exhorting their supporters to help make history.
Eight years after the...

What a difference a week makes.
Last Monday, Democrats were still reeling from the 11th-hour revelation there were more Hillary Clinton emails that the FBI was probing. This Monday, with less than 24 hours until the first polls open, they are breathing...

Good morning. It is Saturday, Nov. 5. Here’s what you don’t want to miss this weekend:
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As control of the U.S. Senate comes down to a handful of states, Democrats are benefiting from an unlikely ally in one of the closest races in the country: Donald Trump.
Six years ago, Republican Roy Blunt was easily elected in Missouri, fending off...

When I vote for Hillary Clinton in a week, I will be voting for a smart, competent woman and the only candidate this year who has not bragged about sexual assault, blanked on where Aleppo is, or endorsed pseudoscience about the dan

The late resurfacing of a controversy involving Hillary Clinton’s emails will test the one stubborn truth in this demolition derby of a presidential campaign: Almost nothing has dramatically altered for any length of time the narrow lead in polls...

Personalities may have overshadowed policy during this presidential campaign, but one issue has dominated virtually every news cycle:
He said, she said, he interrupted.
Whether she wins the White House or not, Hillary Clinton has already changed...

Hillary Clinton wanted to share her birthday with a special someone this week in Florida.
“One of the best gifts you can give yourselves would be sending Patrick Murphy to the United States Senate!” she told a crowd of supporters here in a college...

It was another day on the campaign trail — and at a luxury hotel.
I’m Christina Bellantoni. Welcome to Essential Politics.
As Donald Trump’s new hotel in Washington, D.C., celebrated its grand opening, the Republican nominee took a bit of a pause from...

AT&T Inc.’s proposed purchase of Time Warner Inc. arrived amid a presidential campaign in which populist anger has led both major parties to rail against big business. That politically charged climate, experts said Monday, means the...

Campaign 2016 updates: Donald Trump focuses on Florida, where he will hold several rallies over the next few days
Oct. 23, 2016, 6:34 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is in North Carolina, while Donald Trump hits the trail in Florida. Trump...